I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

Crime Index: 12

[Gain: Theft +192]

Completely caught off guard and handcuffed by Figo in an instant, Ba Jin gave up all thought of resistance and resignedly followed Figo and Lingling off the ship to the Pleasure Street Island.

Night had fallen, but the island, named after joy, was brightly lit, its colorful lights shimmering and turning the darkness into daylight.

The streets in the distance are bustling with activity, and even the docks are teeming with people.

Beautiful women with bare shoulders and backs are soliciting customers at the tavern, seemingly innocent children are asking those arriving on the island if they need a guide, and strong guards from the pleasure district are observing the people arriving on the island to prevent pirate battles and conflicts from breaking out.

Bajin cautiously observed her surroundings. Every time she saw a well-known pirate, she would nervously shrink back. Apart from pirates, everyone else looked like someone from the World Government, and she could hardly stand still.

Since you two can hear each other's thoughts, you should know just how dangerous this place is!

She looked at the grandfather and grandson, only to find that they seemed completely oblivious to any danger and were actually talking to each other.

"Are you hungry, Lingling?"

"Mmm, I'm hungry."

“Just bear with me for two minutes. I usually don’t carry money with me when I go out. I’ll go get some money first, and then I’ll take you to find something to eat,” Figo said.

"Get some money?" Ba Jin hurriedly said, "I used all my last money to buy a boat ticket. You're not thinking of robbing me, are you? This is Pleasure Street, the territory of the Queen of Pleasure Street, the king of the underworld, second only to the Four Kings and Rocks! See those strong guards? They are all the Queen of Pleasure Street's people. All fighting and looting are forbidden here!"

Figo glanced at her, then walked straight to one of the strong guards she had mentioned and said to him, "I don't have any money. Give me some."

Ba Jin: ? ? ?

The guard's reaction was even stranger. He was sweating profusely, his body was trembling, and he frantically searched his body, pulling out all the Berries he had and handing them to Figo.

"Thanks, I'll have the Five Elders reimburse you double later." Figo patted him on the shoulder, walked back to Lingling's side, and said, "Let's go, Lingling."

"Mmm!" Lingling grabbed Figo's hand.

Ba Jin stared blankly as the grandfather and grandson walked away, then looked blankly at the guard wiping his sweat.

Who on earth is this guy?!

……

"Is this the aura of Gaston Figo, the world's strongest man?"

In the shadows, a tall, voluptuous woman wiped non-existent sweat from her forehead: "But Senior Tyrell, if we let him run rampant in the pleasure district, its reputation will be ruined."

"His aura? If it takes any aura to casually ask a guard for money, he wouldn't be the man who made the World Government back down once." An elderly man with white hair said, "His reputation is ruined? After this, whether the Pleasure District will still exist is unknown!"

“But this is…” The woman hesitated, then sighed, “I know, they’re heading towards the food festival. Should we continue to follow them secretly? What if we’re discovered…”

"What if?" the old man continued, "From the moment he landed on the island, nothing on the island could be hidden from him anymore. He knows exactly who our people are, and even who is spying on the two of us, but he just doesn't bother with it."

The woman was startled: "Then we..."

“Don’t treat him as an enemy, and we don’t deserve to be his enemies.” The old man smiled and said, “We just need to do what we’re supposed to do, and then… leave it to fate.”

He watched Figo and Lingling's retreating figures, thinking to himself, 'Lingling seems to like him quite a bit. Actually, being with him is better than staying in CP0...'

……

"Grandpa Figo, I think I can sense Grandpa Terri nearby. Grandpa Terri is just like Grandpa Peslow, he's very kind to me..."

Figo gestured to Lingling, making claws with his hands: "Little tiger?"

Lingling's eyes lit up: "That's right! Grandpa Terry can turn into a little tiger, but he's too small. He stopped letting me ride him three years ago. Oh, Grandpa Figo, do you know Grandpa Terry?"

“Yes, I’ve met him. Lingling, are you going to see your Grandpa Terri?” Figo asked.

Lingling hesitated for a moment and shook her head: "Forget it, Grandpa Terry will try to persuade me to go back. I don't want to go back. Apart from Grandpa Peslow and Grandpa Terry, everyone is too strict with Lingling."

As she spoke, she sniffed and drool spilled from the corner of her mouth: "I smell something delicious!"

"Then let's hurry up and go."

Figo sped up the pace, and on the way, they saw a flyering advertisement and grabbed it.

'A dessert feast in 10 days.'

Unlimited free supply.

A contest of eating capacity.

With a quick glance, Figo spotted the keyword, smiled slightly, and handed it to Lingling.

Then Lingling's cheers quickly rang out: "Dessert? How wonderful!!"

Chapter Seventy: The Fat Old Man

"A culinary extravaganza, a dessert feast?"

"Captain Rocks! That woman, the Queen of Pleasure Street, used to be a powerful figure among the six kings. Why would she suddenly invite us?"

"Could it be a trap?"

"You mean six kings... no, now it should be four kings, hahahaha!"

"Did those four guys who were just waiting to die set a trap in Pleasure Street?"

"Do they have that kind of guts?"

"Captain, should we go?"

Seated at the head of the table, 37-year-old Rocks' hair had faded from its youthful blonde to black (recovering a bug), and his expression was more calm and reserved.

He looked at the flyer for Happy Street for a while, then grinned and said, "Do I really need to tell you this? Hahaha, even if it's a trap, we'll take down all four of them in one go!"

"Oh!" cheers erupted.

Beside Rocks, a blue-haired youth frowned slightly and said, "We can go, but we have to take our new companion, Shiki, with us. If it becomes too dangerous, we should evacuate. I don't want to see any of our companions get hurt."

Lox gave a helpless smirk.

The pirates burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, First Mate Crisis, you're getting cautious again..."

"Hehe, but of course, Shiki's abilities are incredibly convenient!"

Among the pirates, Shiki the Golden Lion, who had only recently joined the Rocks Pirates, laughed awkwardly as the pirates watched him.

……

Nine days later, on Pleasure Street.

The so-called food extravaganza is actually a large-scale food street food exhibition. Leveraging the connections of the Queen of Pleasure Street, chefs from all over the world and the Grand Line are invited to cook various specialty dishes.

Therefore, the shops at food festivals usually include a place name, such as Donghai Sukiyaki, Xihai Grilled Fish, and Shinsekai Intestine Sashimi.

Among these shops, one that opened eight days ago has a very eye-catching and strange name—Prison Barbecue!

The name is definitely off-putting to pirates, but occasionally some will go against the grain and insist on going in to try it. These people always come out completely satisfied and even want to go again for the next meal. But unfortunately, the shop owner has strange rules: he doesn't accept repeat customers or even takeaway food, which is infuriating.

If this weren't a popular entertainment district, they would have smashed up the shop and kidnapped the owner back to the ship.

Inside this barbecue restaurant, there's a rather unique rule, or rather, a little game, that truly lives up to the name "prison."

"Escape technique." Figo demonstrated to the group of pirates in front of him—he handcuffed the other end of the handcuff hanging on his left wrist to his right hand, locking both hands, and then struggled to show it, allowing the pirates to check the sturdiness of the lock.

After the pirates confirmed that there was no problem, his right hand suddenly twitched, and the lock opened with a click, freeing his right hand and stunning the pirates.

"Oh? Interesting!"

"How did you do that?"

The pirates didn't see it at all.

“You can try one by one. If even one of you manages to escape from the lock, the meal is free. If you fail, you just have to pay the original price,” Figo told them.

Neither way was a loss for them. Being in the entertainment district, they weren't afraid of what Figo might do. Of course, the pirates wanted to try it out. One after another, they were handcuffed to Figo and tried to break free using various methods, but none of them worked. However, Figo never seemed to take out a key. Often, with a flick of his left wrist, the pirates could break free from the handcuffs. It was quite amazing.

In the end, no one figured out the principle, and the pirates could only pay and leave, one by one, full of surprise and bewilderment.

Figo's mind drifted away from the prison files, and he silently said to them, "Thank you for your patronage."

Escape techniques? They were handcuffed once, and no matter where they ran, they couldn't escape!

Lingling, leaning against the door, was trying to suppress the hunger in her stomach; she felt she couldn't hold on any longer.

Of course, it wasn't Figo restricting her, but rather she herself was in control. She wanted to "save room" for tomorrow's dessert feast, worried that if she ate Figo's roast meat, she wouldn't be able to stop and wouldn't be able to eat her favorite dessert the next day—how painful that would be.

Enduring hunger and overcoming her food cravings were the training CP0 often gave her. In the past, she was often chained up with heavy chains and struggled until she fainted from hunger.

Over the course of five years, she had developed some self-control, but just one month after leaving CP0, she was almost back to her old self, feeling like she would starve to death if she didn't eat a meal.

'Desserts, desserts...'

'Distract yourself...'

She looked at Figo's handcuffs.

[Criminal: Charlotte Linlin]

[Rank: SSR2]

[Status: In the process of breaking out of prison]

Crime Index: 17

[Participation rate in the arrest: 100%]

[Benefit: Observation Haki +850]

[Character Event 1 (Activated): Let Charlotte Linlin or help Charlotte Linlin eat the giant's specialty caramel puff again]

[Character Event 2: Temporarily Unavailable]

[Core Event: Temporarily Unavailable]

Over the past few days, Lingling has tried the 'escape technique' that Figo mentioned many times, but she has been unable to break free, not even with brute force.

Those weren't just handcuffs; they were a very high-quality pair of sea stone handcuffs, extremely durable.

How did Grandpa Figo manage to do that? It's so strange, I really want to know...

Ah, no! You don't want to, Lingling!

"Grandpa Figo, I want to eat meat! I'm starving!" Lingling clutched the hem of her clothes with both hands.

Figo laughed and said, "What, you're not planning to compete with me in terms of eating capacity at the dessert feast? What a pity, then Grandpa Figo will eat your share for you tomorrow, haha."